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TNR says netroots won election.

by jimrice

Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 09:11:08 AM PDT

Surprising story from Rick Perlstein over at The New Republic Online-- surprising, that is, given its location (albeit only on TNR online, not in the magazine).

Here's the kicker: "in race after race, [the Democratic victory] actually represents the apotheosis of forces Emanuel has doubted all long: the netroots."

Here's the link:

http://www.tnr.com/...

Tags: TNR, netroots, 2006 elections (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

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  •  It'd be nice to see... (0+ / 0-)

    ...what the rest of the article says.

    Anyone here still subscribe to TNR?

    "The perfect is the enemy of the good." -Voltaire

    by PsiFighter37 on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 09:12:44 AM PDT

  •  Even better kicker (1+ / 0-)

    Recommended by:
    highfive

    Here's the twist of the knife:

    Not all Emanuel's losing recruits were beaten in primaries. Some were beaten in the general election. Christine Jennings, a banker and former Republican gunning for Katherine Harris's former House seat lost in a squeaker to conservative Republican Vern Buchanan. Dan Seals, a black moderate in the Barack Obama mold who criticized the Democratic Party even in speeches to Democratic crowds, lost to the Republican incumbent in Emanuel's backyard, Illinois's 10th District--as did the DCCC's most talked-about recruit, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois's 6th. Emanuel poured as astonishing $3 million into her campaign. It bought her a four-point defeat. Activists say the money would have been better spent on all the promising candidates to whom Rahm wouldn't give the time of day.

    Liberal: "I still think it's a respectable word. Its root is "liber," the Latin word for "free," and isn't that what we are all about?"--Mary McGrory

    by mini mum on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 09:14:19 AM PDT

  •  ewww... (0+ / 0-)

    Will someone please peel these lips off our asses?

    I trust Obama's judgment more than I trust my own. Why are YOU telling him what to do?

    by Leggy Starlitz on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 09:16:43 AM PDT

  •  Message to Rahm and Pro-War Democrats (0+ / 0-)

    America is not interested in more war.  

    We want out of Iraq and we refuse to go "in" on Iran.  

    Forget this at your peril.

    "When you're a worker it rains stones seven days a week." - Jimmy in Ken Loach's 'Raining Stones'

    by Near Vanna on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 09:20:55 AM PDT

  •  A peace offering? (0+ / 0-)

    Wow.  He's right, of course.

    by curtadams on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 09:34:50 AM PDT

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